Master’s degree · Initial professional preparation
MFA in Cinema with specialization in Screen Acting
Film and Television Institute of India · Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Award
- MFA in Cinema with specialization in Screen Acting
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In person2 Years (4 Semesters)
- Price
- ₹46,885per term, ET 2025-26 intake
About this program
Two-year, four-semester full-time programme training actors for stage and screen, including improvisation, voice and speech, monologue and scene work, with physical disciplines and masterclasses.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Screen acting, Theatre acting
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Master’s degree
- Exact award
- MFA in Cinema with specialization in Screen Acting
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- Film and Television Institute of India (Deemed to be University)
Stated by the schoolMinistry of Education (Government of India), Section 3 UGC Act 1956Licence to operate or award
Scope: Institution has the status of a Deemed to be University
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- 2 Years (4 Semesters)
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Course dates
- Commencement of Classes 1st week of September-2026 (Tentative)
- Teaching location
- FTII campus, Pune
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Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Prepared monologue (up to 3 minutes, in Hindi or English)
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Stage-1 is an MCQ written test; Stage-2 is an audition, performance and interaction at the FTII Pune campus (integrated audition 50 marks, personal interview 50 marks).
- Interview
- Component 2: Personal Interaction (Interview) - 50 Marks
- Prior education
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in any discipline
- Intakes
- September 2026
- Deadlines
- Application registration window for FTII-ET-2025-26: 11th March-2026 to 7th April-2026 · this date has passed; check the current cycle
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
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Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per class, per term, per year, whole program) and is never converted or added up for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition fee, Semester-1 (MFA Screen Acting)Tuition · mandatory | ₹46,885per term, ET 2025-26 intake | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
| Tuition fee, each remaining semester (MFA Screen Acting)Tuition · mandatory | ₹46,884per term, ET 2025-26 intake | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
Teachers named for this program
Current teachers as listed on the provider’s own pages when we checked.
- Siddharth Shasta · Professor & HoD (Screen Acting)
- Benjamin Gilani · Mentor (Screen Acting)
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: experience level.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)